Social networking sites such as Facebook and Instagram are awash in selfies—self-taken photos often posted with the hopes that friends and acquaintances will like the pictures and post nice things.Of cour...

Earlier this year, the Los Angeles School District—the second laregest school district in the country—decided to spend $1 billion to give each of its students an iPad (650,000 in all) that would be ...

Teens seem to be eating more veggies, less sugar and are exercising more often, according to a study published in Pediatrics. While most teens still fall below federal guidelines of getting an hour or more of e...

On Oct. 10, "Glee" aired its first in-show acknowledgment of the death of Cory Monteith, who played Finn in the program and died from an overdose of heroin and alcohol. The episode took place three weeks after ...

According to the U.S. Labor Department, 16.3 percent of the millennial generation—essentially older teens and young adults—are unemployed. Although the economy isn't nearly as bad as it was back in ...

The state of Kentucky has decided to do away with the old tradition of shaking your opponents' hands after high school sporting events. It's not that the state is against sportsmanship: In fact, its all for it;...

Women talk about shopping and their hair on social networks. Men? They were more interested in discussing Modern Warfare and FIFA.So found a new study from the University of Pennsylvania, which scrutinized the ...

Many gangs and criminal organizations are recruiting new members through the Internet—even using popular social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to do so.About 20 percent of gang members say their or...

Troy University, Alabama's third-largest public university, has opened a new dorm specifically for Christians. The Newman Center residence hall potentially can house 376 students and includes a 2,300-square-foo...

Two Florida teens were banned from a homecoming court competition after they used condoms as a campaign prop.The teens, Dalton Wiggs and Montana Fulkerson, were running to become Mulberry High School's homecomi...